2015 50c Silver Proof Coin Gold - Kangaroo At Sunset Common over most of mainland

Common over most of mainland Australia

This exquisite gold coin pays tribute to a century of this essential Australian icon

The brown mare with the stable name Nelly was foaled and trained in Victoria and made the racing world take notice when she won her first race at Flemington by five lengths in 2009

features the three portraits of Her Majesty by Arnold Machin

arrives housed in a Perth Mint presentation case

2015 50c Silver Proof Coin Gold - Kangaroo At Sunset Common over most of mainlandAustralias unique native animals found a new home when Stuart Devlins wildlife designs were chosen to adorn the nations decimal currency in 1966. The designer chose to depict the national Coat of Arms, granted official status by King George V in 1912, on the reverse of the 50c coin. The Coat of Arms features a shield decorated with six state symbols, flanked proudly by the Australian national animal and bird emblems the Kangaroo and Emu, presided over